Mafter Truelovtfs 
 
 Play Game, 
 
 Being a pleafing entertainment for Little 
 
 Boys and Girls. 
 
 By which they may learn their Letters, as 
 foon as they can fpeak as they are 
 Riddles and Sayings of old Mother 
 Goofe. 
 
 ( Erabelliflied with Cuts. ) 
 
 Manchester : 
 Printed by A* Swindell^ 
 
 No. 5, 
 Hanging Bridge; 
 
The Alphabet in Roman Capital 
 
 Letters. 
 
 ABCDEFG H I J KLM NOPQRST 
 
 UVWXYZ & 
 
 Roman frnall Letters. 
 
 abcdefghijklmnopqristu 
 
 vwxyz, 
 
 Italic Capital Letters* 
 a b c d e f g h i j k I m n op q rf 
 
 Double Letters, 
 ftfifffiflffflftfkfbffiffiffi& 
 
 The Vowels, 
 a e 1 o u y. 
 
re was a -Madman. 
 
 1 her e was a madman, 
 
 Anu he had a mad wife, 
 
 And they lived in a mad land ; 
 
 THey had rK'ee children all at a birth. 
 
 and they were all mad every one ; 
 
 the father was mad, the mother was mad P 
 
 the che children all mad befides, 
 
 they got np upon a mU horte, 
 
UvS ft rnrdly U ey did Me, 
 
 Ihef ri#ap * nratnanc and down amadlane 
 
 Urvii they came to a mad preen, 
 iarui thenthey met a ilaift blind man, 
 
 and kppck*d omtfath' bis e'en, 
 
 Churn better churn, conne butter come* 
 Peter ft and* at the gate, 
 wahiog for a butter cake, 
 Churn bntter churn, 
 
1 here wis a little n*an, 
 and he had a little gun. 
 and the ball was m?de of lead. 
 He weir to the brock, 
 an-l he flut a little dvck, 
 m ! ho hit her npon the head, 
 then he went home to his wife Jone, 
 io bfa bar msk * a good tire, 
 to roaft the duck that on the brock* 
 
 3 ^d he would go and fetch she diake 
 
6 
 
 H*e fow came in with the 'faddte. 
 
 The fow came in with the faddi'c. 
 The little cat rocked the cradle, 
 the difli jumped at top of the table, 
 to tee tfce ptvt f wallow the ladle, 
 the fpit that ftood behind the door. 
 Caird the difh clout a dirty whore. 
 So, fo. faid the grid iron can't you sjree ? 
 Vm the head conftable, briugtbem to me, 
 
7 
 
 The play of the wide mouth wadling frog 
 to amufc nad exercife the memory* 
 
 q. BUY this of me? 
 a. What is it ? 
 A m*n and twelve hounds 
 A hunting in mine and another man's 
 
 ground i T 
 Eleven (hips failing on the main, 
 Some baund for France and fomc for 
 Spain ; 
 
 Ten compilations in the fhy f 
 
 Some low and feme high. 
 
 Nine peacocks in the air, 
 
 I wonder how they all got there, 
 
 I don't know nor I don't care; 
 
 Eight joiners in a joi«ct'* hall, 
 
 Working with their tools and all, 
 
 Seven lobfters in a dllh. 
 
 As good as any heart could vvifh, 
 
 Six beetles againft a wall f 
 
 Clofe by an old woman's apple flail : 
 
8 
 
 •Five puppie* by our birch bail, 
 Who daily for our breakfaft call % 
 Four mares ftuck in a bog, 
 Three monkics tied to a log, 
 Two pudding ends tbai will choak a dog. 
 -With the gaping with moutjj wadling frog 
 
 See here he it . 
 
9 
 
 Huddery didder? duck. 
 The moufe ran up the clock. 
 
 The clock ftrnck one, 
 The moufe fell down, 
 
 Aod its hiddery didder? duck. 
 
 The Moppit. 
 
 I HAD a pretty moppet, 
 I kept it in my pocket, 
 I fed it with com and hay, 
 The?e came a proud beggar, 
 and fwore he would wed her, 
 and ftole my little moppet away. 
 
The piper and hts eow* 
 
 There was a piper had a cow, 
 and he had daught to give her, 
 He took a pipe and.play'd a tun*# 
 and bid the cow cofider, 
 The cow confidered very well, 
 and gave tha piper a penny, 
 To play the fame tune o'er again, 
 The corn riggs are bonny. 
 
1 1 
 
 There wai a man fo wife. 
 
 1 
 
 Thrre w s a man fo wife, 
 
 He jumped into a bramble bufh f 
 and fcratched out both his eyes • 
 
 and when he faw his eye* wcrt out, 
 He had reafon to complain, 
 
 He jumped into a qnickfet hedge, 
 and fcratched them in again. 
 
It 
 
 I 
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 Two dogs, wejRi ia v a market town, 
 One toot ^p, and the other foot down, 
 2nd when they came to a dirty place, 
 £twy wtai hop, hop, h p, a-p^ce, 
 
 The boy that Harms and fhews hn airs, 
 If whipt at well us he that (wears, 
 
RIDDLE I. 
 
 a. It was honey taken cut of Sa mpfon'j 
 
 RIDDLE U. 
 
 q. The wond I view in a little space 4 
 I'm reRiefs changing place. 
 Nothing I est, vet by my power, 
 * rocure what millions do devour. 
 
 a, 1 he Sun. 
 
RIDDLE, Ml. 
 
 q, fti the Hrn£ of old as Icripture doth 
 record; 
 
 Loved one that did not offend the Lord 
 Tho f truth he fpoke, and did no 
 commit, 
 
 Yet in CbriftV kingdom heflbaU never 6i, 
 a. It U Bzhim, 
 
1 5 
 
 WHEN the fun doth rife, yau oiaft 
 ger up each day, 
 And fall on your kaees and to God hum* 
 bly pray, 
 
 Then kneel to your parents their bleffing 
 implore, 
 
 And when you feavc money give fome to 
 poor, 
 
 Your hands and your face, in the next 
 
 place waih fair. 
 And brufh your apparel and comb out 
 
 your hair ; 
 
 And wifh a good morning to all in in your 
 view. 
 
 And bow to your parents and bid frhein 
 
 adieu, x 
 Salute every parfen to fchool as vou go, 
 Whea at fchool to your mafter due rever* 
 
 encefhew, 
 And if you can't read, pray endeavour to 
 
 fpeli, 
 
 For by frequently Spelling you'll learn t© 
 read well, 
 
( '3 ) 
 
 Shun all the idle boys, the wicked; and 
 rude ? 
 
 And pray only play with thofe boys who 
 are good, 
 
 To church yon mud every funday repair, 
 And behave yourfelf decently while you 
 are there, 
 
 At the clofe of the day e'er you goto you 
 reft, r 
 
 K*ee3 again to your parent*, and be again 
 bleft • 
 
 And to the Almighty again humbly pray. 
 That he may preferve you by night an4 
 . by day.